New convert from Hubitat and still navigating my way through this new interface. My goal is to replicate a rule I had in place on the Hubitat Dashboard. I have a z-wave contact sensor installed on my mailbox that when opened between a specific time will turn on (red glow alert) a virtual switch labeled as “Mail” on my dashboard…I would simply tap the screen to turn off the alert when the mail was retrieved to reset it for the next day.
I understand that HA doesn’t have virtual switches? Any ideas how I would accomplish this with HA and lovelace to keep my wife happy?
You can use an input boolean. An automation can turn the boolean on/off as needed.
This is the closest to a “virtual switch” in the HA environment that I am aware of.
setup an entity button card with the icon as mdi:mail and it will show up on your dashboard as a letter icon that will change color when the boolean is on.
Thanks @silvrr, but wouldn’t the automation just turn back off the icon status when the mailbox is closed being it’s a contact sensor? I guess I need to sit down and figure this Boolean stuff out.
